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The majority of the things that I do, I'm actually afraid to do, but you just have to have a positive attitude and block out…
— Aly Raisman
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Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:…
— Sun Tzu
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Now this foreknowledge cannot be elicited from spirits; it cannot be obtained inductively from experience, nor by any deductive calculation.
— Sun Tzu
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Therefore the skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without…
— Sun Tzu
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I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Those who either from imprudence or want of sagacity avoid doing so, are always overwhelmed with servitude and poverty; for faithful servants are always servants,…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Still, a prince should make himself feared in such a way that if he does not gain love, he at any rate avoids hatred; for…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and manifest reason for…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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The prince must consider, as has been in part said before, how to avoid those things which will make him hated or contemptible; and as…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Of higher value than any one leader is the cause.
— William Safire
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The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The preservation of our free society in the years and decades to come will depend ultimately on whether we succeed or fail in directing the…
— J. William Fulbright
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...Why is compassion not part of our established curriculum, an inherent part of our education? Compassion, awe, wonder, curiosity, exaltation, humility - these are the…
— Yehudi Menuhin
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You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so, you learn to love…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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My dad, like any coach, has always stressed the fundamentals. He taught me responsibility, accountability, and the importance of hard work.
— Steve Young
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Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Love is like a diamond; for as a diamond is beautiful to look upon, so is love fair, but as the diamond is poison to…
— Jens Peter Jacobsen
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After being taught sets and reps and working at it for a length of time you can't paint by numbers anymore. It must come from…
— Tom Platz
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Any time you can get up there and scare a few people, throw up some decent times, it builds up your confidence and also sends…
— Unknown Author
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The only chance for victory over the brainwash is the right of every man to have his ideas judged one at a time. You never…
— Ezra Pound
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Do not despair of life. Think of the fox, prowling in a winter night to satisfy his hunger. His race survives; I do not believe…
— Henry David Thoreau
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I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all over my body. Neither can…
— Unknown Author
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Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear…
— Winston Churchill
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